Question

【题目】 It was almost midnight when the fire ____ in the neighborhood.

A. broke up B. broke down

C. broke in D. broke out

Answer 1

【答案】D

【解析】试题分析：考查动词短语。 句义：当大火发生的时候时间是几乎半夜了。A. broke up 关系破裂，学校放假，会议结束 B. broke down 出故障，身体垮掉C. broke in 闯入D. broke out（战争，灾难）爆发，根据句子主语是the fire ,所以D正确。